Posted in Fall, Garlic, Italian, Italy, Liguria, Olive Oil, Piemonte, Potato, Recipe, anchovies, appetizer, butter, condiments, easy, fondue, food, grilled, tradition, travel, vegetables, winter on Nov 29th, 2008
And, while you’re at it, good fellow, I’ll have a warm bath with virtually anything you’ve got on the menu: pasta, potatoes, fish, chicken, soup, bread…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…
A man goes to the doctor complaining of neck ache. The doctor gives him some painkillers telling him to take two after a […]
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Posted in Fall, Garlic, Olive Oil, Recipe, breadcrumbs, butter, easy, egg, flour, food, herbs, lemon, liver, lunch, mushrooms, thyme, veal, weather on Nov 19th, 2008
A month or so ago we bought a package of veal liver at our local grocery store telling ourselves that we going to cook them, but not really having any idea how. We’ve made veal kidneys before without relying on a recipe so we were convinced we could do the same with the beast’s liver, […]
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Posted in America, Atlantic City, Garlic, Italian, Italian-American, Naples, Olive Oil, Pasta, breadcrumbs, egg, escarole, food, ground meat, history, meatballs, onions, soup, tradition, vegetables on Oct 27th, 2008
I’ve talked about my sweet ‘ole grandmom, Anna, a few times on this blog. This was a woman who waited tables at the Golden Nugget (now Bally’s Grand) casino (R.I.P.) in Atlantic City until she retired at 76. This is the same woman who would wear winter gloves in the summer because her tiny hands […]
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Posted in Galician, Gallego, Jose Andres, Madrid, Olive Oil, Recipe, Spain, boiled, culture, food, healthy, octopus, paprika, pimenton, pulpo, racione, seafood, soccer, tapas, tourism, travel on Oct 23rd, 2008
The first time I ate pulpo a la gallega was at a very disreputable-looking food stand not far from the Estadio Balaídos in Vigo, Spain, before watching a soccer match between Celta de Vigo and Racing Santander (it finished 2-2). It was served on a slightly wilted plastic plate with a toothpick that looked […]
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Posted in Chorizo, Garlic, Jose Andres, Olive Oil, Paul Bocuse, Potato, Rioja, Spain, appetizer, easy, food, hearty, onions, paprika, pimenton, piquillo peppers, tapas, tradition, travel, wine on Sep 16th, 2008
It’s widely known that humble ingredients prepared with simple techniques often produce the best dishes, and it’s becoming more widely known that this philosophy lies at the very heart of Spanish cooking - a cuisine that has, in the last five or so years, become one of the most celebrated “new finds” of foodies everywhere. […]
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